Monday, November 17, 2008

Poppy seeds yogurt mini cakes garnish with parsimmon

Come to the tall layered-cakes and cupcakes, I really think that those I had in America have the most variety and the best texture. They are spongy and light in taste (but it would be a different story after a heap of buttercream slapping on the top..). Not saying that the barkeries in Barcelona don't have the know-how to create such cakes, of course they do. I think, because their have different taste, they expect something different.

Cakes in here in general are much shorter/smaller, but substantial. For cupcakes, usually enriched by milk or yogurt, their size is not much bigger than a ping-pong ball. This makes a perfect sense, when food is richer, the portion we take should be smaller, our eating habit is healthier then.

These poppy seeds cakes are incredibly moist and flavorful. And since they are fairy rich, so I limit them to a bite-size. The recipe is originally written by Patricia at Technicolor Kitchen (taken a reference from a cookbook). Pat is an amasing and skillful baker. Her recipes never fail to impress me, so as this one.

I adjust Pat's recipe slightly according to my own taste. Instead of separating the nuts, I mix them into the batter so that the crumb is more flavorful, and so denser. I believe her recipe is absolutely beautiful as it-is, please click here for the original recipe.

Poppy seed yogurt mini cakes

yield: 20 x 2"/ 5cm wide tiny cakes

1 egg yolk

45g butter, room temperature

1/8 cup pine nuts, ground

90g sugar

90g plain flour

3 tbps poppy seeds

zest from 1/2 small mandarine orange

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

a pinch of salt

100g plain yogurt, unsweeten

Pre-heat oven to 375F/200C

Beat the butter and sugar until they are white and fluffy. And add the yolk and beat for a little while. Then combine with yogurt.

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